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OpenStudy (ooxbrittanyxoo):

Can you help me out please? (will medal if correct) Even though streams that flow through valleys generally move very fast, the stream load is mostly made of suspended load. Usually, bed load is only found in mountain streams with a high gradient. Why? A: rocks and boulders are only found in gullies which are in the mountains B: streams with low gradients usually move slowly and cannot carry bed load downstream C: large rocks and boulders just aren't very common at lower elevations D: both A and B

OpenStudy (asf_jerome):

this link might help https://cals.arizona.edu/watershedsteward/resources/docs/stream_processes.pdf

OpenStudy (asf_jerome):

Streams are natural linear configurations in the ... the science of rocks, mountains and valleys—the ... parent materials—through heating and freezing ... ability to decompose rock, move a soil particle, or ... Stream flow can then transport the sediment load ... canyons, or mountain peaks. ..... Gullies can also be found in.

OpenStudy (asf_jerome):

i hope this helped

OpenStudy (asf_jerome):

ill do further research

OpenStudy (ooxbrittanyxoo):

well i know its not A

OpenStudy (ooxbrittanyxoo):

and its not D

OpenStudy (ooxbrittanyxoo):

I think it is B but I am not too sure.

OpenStudy (asf_jerome):

ok ill see if its correct

OpenStudy (ooxbrittanyxoo):

okay I will give you a medal for all the help.

OpenStudy (asf_jerome):

ok thx

OpenStudy (ooxbrittanyxoo):

welcome

OpenStudy (asf_jerome):

im guessing ur correct because i found a link that said nothing about the other answers

OpenStudy (asf_jerome):

here is the link http://earthsci.org/flooding/unit3/print.html

OpenStudy (ooxbrittanyxoo):

Okay thanks so much for the help

OpenStudy (asf_jerome):

no problem

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